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Biodiversity Management
Biodiversity underpins development through the provision of products such as food, fibre and medicines and ecosystem services such as the regulation of water supply and air quality. Though billions of people around the world depend on such ‘goods’ and services, this contribution is neither fully recognized nor valued in markets. more[...]
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Proliferation of Hydroelectric Dams in the Andean Amazon and Implications for Andes-Amazon Connectivity
Matt Finer, Center for International Environmental LawA short studie over the strategic planning and policies of hydroelectric dams and its implication in Andean-Amazon region. more[...]
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The Global Compact International Yearbook
Dennis LohmannSince its launch in 2000, the United Nations Global Compact has emerged as perhaps the world’s most influential platform for corporate responsibility. Its structure as a global network uniquely positions the initiative to take a closer look at both global and regional developments and interpretations of corporate social responsibility (CSR). more[...]
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Beyond Commitment: An Introduction to the UN Global Compact Management Model
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)This articles describes an updated performance model that guides companies through the process of formally committing to, assessing, defining, implementing, measuring, and communicating a corporate sustainability strategy based on the Global Compact and its principles. more[...]
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The Human Rights and Business Dilemma
Verisk Maplecroft
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)Human rights have traditionally been the concern of states, and international human rights law has generally been addressed to them only. As more companies come to realize their legal, moral, and/or commercial need to address human rights issues within their own operations and activities, they are confronted with a number of challenges. Businesses will have to come to grips with the human rights framework and assess how their activities may relate to it. Moreover, companies are often uncertain how to avoid complicity in human rights abuses and where, in practical terms, the boundaries of their human rights responsibility lie. more[...]
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The Global Compact 2000–2010
Prof. Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business SchoolOver the last 10 years, the Global Compact has grown significantly, both in terms of the number of participants and their engagement. While only a handful of companies and NGOs met on July 26, 2000, at the UN Headquarters in New York to launch the Global Compact, today (as of February 2010) more than 7,300 business and non-business participants are part of the initiative. more[...]
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Life Is Good When We Are Healthy!
Editorial TeamConstruction of green solid dosage forms (tablets/capsules) factory in Sofia, Bulgaria. The factory project won a first class investor award. The plant is a new generation building, combining high quality criteria for energy efficiency (photo-voltage, gas etc.), corresponding to new environmental directives for construction. Replacement of organic solvents with water is just one of the projects ecological advantages. more[...]
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A Green Building Inspired by the Future
Sonae
SonaeThe recent Sonae Maia Business Center, located at Sonae's Business Park in Maia (Portugal), is the first building on the Iberian Peninsula to be awarded Leed Gold Certification. Built with the most environmental efficiency advanced technologies existing in the world, this eco-friendly building, with an area of 16.000 m2, allows a considerable reduction of environmental impacts, giving their occupants an indoor environment of excellence, quality and comfort. more[...]
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The Future of Cities
Wolfram Haller, Siemens
SiemensToday more than half the world’s population lives in cities, which emit 80 percent of all greenhouse gases and use 75 percent of energy – figures rising. It is thus with the cities that we must start if we want to manage population growth, increasing energy demand and climate change. Many solutions are already available, including environmentally compatible energy supply, highly efficient building, transportation and water supply systems and affordable financial models. These improve climate protection, increase the security of supply, enhance the quality of life and reduce costs. For world wide success, however, cooperation on a global basis is needed, for example in United Nations programs. more[...]
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